2 Jun
2020
2 Jun
'20
3:55 p.m.
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On Jun 2, 2020, at 6:22 PM, dwight via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
?I take it back, there are not the typical two card intel disk controller. I don't
see what is the controller. I was the ribbon cable but realize now that was the ICE
interface.
I suspect the card near the bottom of the picture is the controller. It likely still had
ISIS software to run the ICE boards but it likely wasn't a compatible disk controller.
They'd need to write a BIOS for it as I doubt there is any after market disk
controllers that match the original Intel boards.
Dwight
It looks to me like it IS a standard Intel diskette controller board set. It has the more
unusual cable that was meant for the Series II that was meant to upgrade the internal disk
drive from single density to double density. See the unused edge connector? It has the
sticker that came with that upgrade kit that says internal drive upgraded to double
density on the front of the chassis.
The Intel two-board set is in the photo just below the ICE boards. It is dark but you can
see there are two boards because of the board ejectors. Follow the cable off one of those
boards and it goes to that unused edge connector.
On another topic, not in this system, there WAS a third party controller that emulated the
Intel board set and required no BIOS modification. Zendex was the manufacturer. I never
used one but it sounded interesting.
It was only one board.
Dave
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Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 3:15 PM
To: ED SHARPE <couryhouse at aol.com>; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
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Subject: Re: intellec MDS80 on eBay
The drives don't look like a standard box but are likely fine as it has the two card
controller on the card cage.
The drives are still likely SA800s.
Dwight
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Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2020 9:28 AM
To: cctech at classiccmp.org <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Subject: RE: intellec MDS80 on eBay
I assume this are not the standard Intel floppy drives?
On Sunday, May 31, 2020 Jan-Benedict Glaw via cctech <jbglaw at lug-owl.de; cctech at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hi!
I just wanted to drop an email that there's a MDS 80 on eBay:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/333612000595
(Please note: The seller, Michael, is a friend of mine, and a former
coworker.)
Thanks,
Jan-Benedict
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